Daimnation has an update on the Observer story about the leaked memo, British spelling, orginal copy, etc.
The Washington Times report.

UK

The British National Health Service and The Church of England have been put on war footing.

The Ministry of Defence has briefed the heads of England’s 28 strategic health authorities to identify regional burns and plastic surgery units near to airports to cope with victims of biological or chemical attack, The Times has learnt.

The Church guidelines aim “to assist dioceses in offering pastoral support and care of war casualties and their next-of-kin”.

Both the Department of Health and Church leaders said that neither move meant war was inevitable. But they follow the mobilisation of reservists and the commitment of a 42,000-strong force to the Gulf, the tabling of a second UN resolution condemning Iraq, and the Chancellor’s earmarking of a £1.5 billion war chest.